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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 2003
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MOZ_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Ministério da Saúde [Mozambique] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given cereal, grain, or potatoes for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVSTARCH)

Data file: MOZ2003-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1531
End: 1531
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
480. What was given to treat the diarrhea? Anything else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

PILLS OR SYRUP A
INJECTIONS B
(I.V) INTRAVENOUS C
THIN WATERY GRUEL MADE FROM RICE D
ANY FOOD MADE FROM CEREALS E
HERBAL TEA F
POWDERED/FRESH MILK G
TEA, FRUIT JUICE OR COCONUT WATER H
HOME REMEDIES/HERBAL MEDICINES I
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVSTARCH indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child was given food made from cereal, grain, or potatoes to treat this illness.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Diarrhea, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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